The Rhode Island Interscholastic League held its middle school cross country state championships last weekend in Smithfield and plenty of locals turned in strong performances on the afternoon.
Here is a look at how some of the local runners placed:

BOYS
Park View’s Cameron Taylor finished sixth overall, while Western Hills was led by Nathaniel Beatty in 22nd place. Zachary Roberts placed 28th for the Cobras.
Bain was led by Carlitos Noriega Tamup in 57th place. William Newton placed 82nd for Western Hills, while Jacoby Hawksley placed 97th.
Kingston Bayha stole the show for Vets as he ran to a first-place finish with a time of 10:01:09. Winman was led by Jackson Rotz who finished 15th.
Cameron Godbout placed 34th for the Hurricanes while teammate Steven Hawes finished 49th to crack the top 50. Also reaching the top 100 was Tru Brousseau for Vets and Will Lang for Winman.
Vets finished ninth overall as a team.

GIRLS
Hope Highlands placed third while Western Hills finished fifth overall in the team standings.
Evelyn Yanovich took sixth place overall for Hope Highlands, while teammate Leah Yanovich placed 14th. Lena Reilly led Western Hills with a 15th-place finish followed by teammate Molly Slinko-Gosetti in 18th. Isabella Gould took 27th for the Cobras while teammate Addison Giusti placed 33rd. Liliana Fowler took home a 34th-place finish for the Huskies.
Liliana Zeitounian finished in the top 50 for Hope Highlands as she finished 46th overall. Lily Martinez placed 61st for the Huskies, followed by Bain’s Zuzeth Falcon Gonzalez.
Sadie Rotz led Winman by placing 16th, while Aubrey Jarvis led Vets by taking 51st.
Sophia DeAlmo placed 75th for Winman while Jessica Jardin took 90th for the Hurricanes. Demi DeAlmo made the top 100 with a 93rd place finish.